Straight Up with Danny Seaman

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"Straight Up" with Danny Seaman, former director of Israel’s Government Press Office, gives English speakers unfiltered access to the voices of Israeli journalists, analysts, and commentators rarely heard in Western media. Want to know what Israel’s conservative media is really saying? Start here.

  1. 4D AGO

    Is Iran Losing Its Grip? The Importance of Israel to US Security

    Silence after PM Netanyahu’s meeting with President Trump wasn’t empty...it was loaded with warning shots, strategy and a Middle East being reshaped in real time. In this episode, you’ll learn why the loudest headlines often miss the real story, what Israel is signaling about Iran behind closed doors and how shifting alliances from Lebanon to Qatar are quietly redrawing the region’s power map. From Hezbollah’s internal collapse to America’s new security doctrine placing Israel at the center, this breakdown pulls you past the media noise and into the high-stakes reality of what’s coming next, including a jaw-dropping $32B Israeli tech exit that proves Israel is fighting wars and building the future at the same time.

    32 min

  2. FEB 9

    Inside the quiet endgame in Gaza— and the forces preparing to rule from the shadows

    Everything you think you know about Gaza, Iran, the media and even AI, is being quietly rewritten in real time. Daniel Seaman pulls back the curtain on what’s actually happening behind the headlines: why reopening Rafah may strengthen Israel’s leverage, how Phase B of the Gaza campaign is being set up for a decisive endgame and why Hamas is already preparing to rule from the shadows. You’ll learn how President Trump’s strategy, Emirati involvement and Israeli military control intersect, how Western media, NGOs and even AI platforms distort reality, and why this moment may define the moral and strategic future of the 21st century.

    27 min

  3. FEB 2

    Global Hypocrisy Displayed on Holocaust Memorial Day

    The world thinks Gaza is the story—but the real power shift is happening behind the scenes. In this explosive episode of Straight Up, Daniel Seaman reveals how the return of Israel’s last hostage signals not the end of the war, but the beginning of a new global order—one where Trump’s “Board of Peace,” looming U.S. action against Iran, and a massive U.S.–Israel AI mega-project quietly redraw the map of power. Viewers will learn how media narratives collapse moral reality, why comparing Israel to Hamas is a dangerous lie, and how Israel has emerged from October 7 not weakened—but strategically transformed.

    24 min

  4. JAN 26

    The Strategic Logic Behind Trump’s Unexpected Gaza Board

    Think President Trump just betrayed the Iranian people? Think again. Daniel Seaman, former director of the Israeli Government Press Office, tears down the “Trump betrayed Iran / Israel–U.S. rupture / Netanyahu–Trump breakup” storyline and walks viewers through how mainstream coverage manufactures drama selective facts and political incentives while missing the strategic logic actually driving events. You’ll learn why Israel is deeply skeptical of “international guarantors” in Gaza (and how past foreign forces repeatedly tied Israel’s hands), why the shiny new “technocrats committee” is being sold as neutral despite alleged ideological and Hamas-adjacent baggage and how Trump’s seeming “chaos” can function as leverage through controlled unpredictability. The episode closes with a hard-edged warning on the global surge of antisemitism: not a passing fever, but a recurring condition that must be anticipated and contained before the next firestorm hits.

    19 min

  5. JAN 18

    The Gaza Grift: How Influencers and Propaganda Whitewash Hamas

    Prepare yourself for a blunt, fast-moving reality check on the Gaza narrative war: why so much Western outrage begins by blaming Israel and ends by absolving Hamas, even when Hamas deliberately engineered civilian suffering as a strategic weapon. You’ll learn how propaganda and grift have become part of the battlefield, from alleged “Gaza influencers” accused of staging donation videos and pocketing millions, to accounts posing as Gazans while posting from abroad, and why this information ecosystem fuels the moral inversion that labels Israel the villain and Hamas the victim. Host Danny Seaman then links the discourse back to hard security facts: ceasefire violations, tunnels, and why Israel insists on dismantling Hamas’s infrastructure, before widening the lens to the region’s broader upheaval (Syria, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran) and the argument that Israel’s measured force is triggering a longer-term domino effect. You’ll come away with a clearer toolkit for spotting narrative manipulation, incentive-driven activism and how modern wars are fought as much on your feed as on the ground.

    25 min

  6. JAN 9

    Netanyahu vs. the UN: The Clash That Could Shatter the Postwar World Order

    The post-World War II world order is collapsing in real time! Host Daniel Seaman argues that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu are driving a generational reset the Western elite is desperate to stop. From Israel’s battlefield dominance and the quiet panic of global powers, to the exposure of international law as a hollow performance, Seaman tears apart the moral illusions propping up the old system. He then drops a bombshell: classified testimony and documents tied to October 7 that could shake Israel’s institutions to their core. What’s coming next, Seaman warns, won’t just be another scandal...it could be a national reckoning, with consequences far beyond Israel.

    21 min

  7. JAN 1

    Israel Just Checkmated Turkey's Erdogan — Here’s How

    What does it look like when Israel stops playing defense and starts taking the initiative? In this episode of "Straight Up", Daniel Seaman unleashes a firestorm of analysis: from Netanyahu's power moves against Erdogan and UNRWA to Gazan tunnels collapsing in the floods and the twisted media ecosystem propped up by Qatari cash. Seaman then takes on the left, the UN, CNN and even some Jews who abandon their own identity for applause.

    27 min

  8. 12/25/2025

    Israel Haters Are CRYING As Israel Secures Massive W’s In The Middle East!

    From dismantling Iran’s military in 12 days to launching a $35 billion energy deal with Egypt, Israel is flexing its geopolitical and economic muscles like never before. Host Dany Seaman torches media hypocrisy, exposes historical revisionism and lays out how Israel, despite being surrounded by enemies and lies, is becoming an indispensable player in global tech, energy, and security. He blasts CNN’s moral fog, connects the dots on U.S. strategy and shares a harrowing friendly-fire tale from his own combat past.

    19 min
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"Straight Up" with Danny Seaman, former director of Israel’s Government Press Office, gives English speakers unfiltered access to the voices of Israeli journalists, analysts, and commentators rarely heard in Western media. Want to know what Israel’s conservative media is really saying? Start here.

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  • Creator
    JNS
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Copyright
    © JNS

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